Feeding device for wringers



Feb, 3, 1925,

R. KLINE FEEDING DEVICE FOR WR-INGERS Fil ed April 7. 1922v I a I Patented Feb. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

Bonnier Kim, on CLEVELAND, onro.

FEEDING DEVICE FOR WRINGERS.

Application filed April 7,

Ohidhave invented certain new and useful I Improvements in Feeding Devices for l/Vringers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to power clothes wringers and more particularly to feeding devices therefon One of the objects ofthe invention is to provide a feeding device for theclothes that may be readily attachedto existing wringers'or incorporated in the design of wringers of the type now commonly inuse...,

A further object of the invention is to provide a feeding device that willbe of simple construction and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture. V v

A further object of the invention is to provide a feeding device that will be convenient to. operate and adapted to permit I feeding the clothes into the rolls at any point in their length without any necessity for the opera tor to get her fingers so closeto the rolls that there'is danger of their being drawn in.

Other objects of the inventionand the fea tures of novelty will be apparent from the following description takenoin connect on with the accompanying drawings, in which:

.Figure l is aside elevation of a feeding device embodying my invention, shown in relation to wring'er;

Fig. 2 is rear elevation of the feeding device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan of the same;

liigf l is a bottom plan and V Fig.7 5 is a central longitudinal section at right angles to the wringer rolls; 7

Fig. 6 is aifragmentary section on the line 6-6 of Fig.5.

The form of the invention illustrated in the drawings is for attachment to existing 1922. Serial No. 550,511.

board B. The frame D carries on its upper sidea slidable feed plate C. Thefront edge oft-he plate C has a depending flange in the middle of which there is formed a depression to receive the finger of the operator so as to facilitate movement of the plate. The corners F are rounded so as to permit the clothes to be drawn over them without catching buttons or otherwise injuring them. Projecting rearwardly from said flange and secured at the center thereof is a rod G by which the plate C is connected with the frame D and guided in its movements thereon, Therod G extends through a bearing H. depending from/the frame D, the opening in' thisbearing being preferably tapered as indicated in Fig. 5, to provide a loose [it for the guide rod Gr and permit practically a universal movement therein.

. Lugs J project downward from the underside of the plate G, into an opening or openings K in the frame D, and serve to limit the movements of the plate C, to and from the wringer rolls by engagement with the opposite sides of these openings, as will be readily seen from Fig. 4:. The spring I, coiled around the rod G, exerts a pressure on the plate C so as to retract the plate from the wringer rolls when the operator releases the plate.

In order to make the Slate C more easily movable onQthe frame I have provided rollers N, at the opposite ends of the frame. which engage with the underside of the plate 0. On the end of the rod Gr, I have mounted the rollers L which are adapted to engage with the lower surface of a bridge M in the central part of the frame D (see Fig.- 5).

In the operation of the device the clothes are placed on the plate C so as to overhang the rear-edge of the plate and hang down from the front edge. The operator then moves the plate toward the wringer rolls and the latter catching the clothes draw them through in the usual manner, the operator in the meantime, having released the plate and the spring I having retracted it to its initial position. In the operation of wringe'rs the large pieces are usually put in at the middle of the rolls and frequently take up their full length but smaller pieces may be inserted at either end and my feeding device is especially adapted for feeding I is moved toward the wringer rolls.

In case the clothes become Wrapped permitting a practically universal movement,

of the rod G therein. In these swinging movements of the plate C it; will swing about one or the other of the lugs J because the spring I will :mizintain one of these lugs against the side of the opening K in the frame I) when the opposite end of the plate around the lower wringer roll A, as sometimes happens, they will engage with the underside of the plate C and tilt the latter, the rollers L contacting with the undersur face of the bridge M and thus permitting the plate C to be retracted by the spring I. Normally the rollers L are out of contact with the bridge M, as is indicated in Fig. 5.

While I have illustrated'and described one form of my'invention it will beunderstood that changes may be made in the details without departing from the spirit of the invention which is defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: i i

1. Ina safety feed device for a pair of wringer rolls, a support mounted in front of said rolls, an mclmed plate movable on said support, a guide member on and parallel withsaid plate, a bearing therefor in said support, a return spring upon said guide member and a roller upon the inner end of said guide member and a bearing member for said roller, substantially as described.

The combination with the rigid frame and rollers of a clothes wringer, of a bracket secured to said frame and having an inclined upper surface, a fee-d plate slidably'v movable upon said lDCllIlBCl upper surface of said bracket, said bracket provided with a longitudinal opening in its upper face,

the longitudinal sides of saidopening forming stop members, spaced lugs upon thelower turn spring on said guide rod and rollers on said bracket engaging spaced positions on said plate.

4. In a wrrnger,. a bracket provided with an opening in the -upper-surf-ace,.aiplate slid-able on said bracket and provided with spaced lugs entering said opening, the -front and rear sides of said opening serving-alternately as stops forsaid plate, aguideiod infsaid plate, a bearing. therefor insaid bracket, an inclined surface on the lower side of said bracket, rollers on said guidebrod normally-out of engagement with said inclined lower surfaceof said bracket, a re-.'

turn spring on'sa-id rod, the front edge of said plate provided with a depression ongageable; by the finger of the operator.

A guard for a wringer .including a bracket having a central guide: and provided with means for securing it in. positionon a wringer, a sl-idable plate resting. upon. and supported by the bracket, and a guide: rod extending from the front portion of ,the

slidable plate and passing through the central guide and slidablyconnecting the plate with the same and having means to permit a swinging movement, and means forlimit-V ing the movement of the plate; i

61 A feeding device for a wringerin eluding a support tobe rigidly attachedeto the w'ringer, a slidableplateon said support,

a guide-rod and a bearing therefor oneof which is carried on the under side of saidplate and the other of which is on said sup.- port, said bearing having an opening-shaped to permit lateral swinging movement of said plate, and spring means for retracting said plate from the wringer rolls.

7. A feeding device for a wringer including a support to berigidly attached to the wringer, a slidable plate Onsaid support, a

guide rod carried by said plate centrally upon the under side'thereof, ;a bearing on said support for said guide rodhaving an opening shaped topermit lateral swinging movement of the plate so that either end of said platemay be advanced toward the wringer rolls independently of the other end, cooperating stops on saidxsiupportrand plate to limit the movements of the plate, and spring means for retracting saidplate from the wringer rolls.

8. The combination with a clothes wring er, of a fixed guiding boarddirected toward the spac between the wringer rolls, a feeding board movable over said fixed board toward and from the rolls, the upper face of said feeding board being unobstructed and adapted to have clothing laid thereon and its forward edge being formed and adapted to catch such clothing when the board is advanced and shove the same into the space between said rolls, and yielding means adapted to automatically withdraw said feeding 10 board from said rolls when released.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROBERT KLINE. 

